Tag: Kaizen

Kaizen: Daily Improvement, Learning, and Leadership in Practice

Kaizen is often misunderstood as small ideas or isolated improvement events. In practice, Kaizen is a daily, people-centered approach to learning and improving work—supported by leadership, good systems, and psychological safety. This archive brings together blog posts, podcasts, and real-world examples of Kaizen in action, across healthcare and other industries, with a consistent focus on leadership behaviors, respect for people, and learning from problems rather than hiding them.

Presenting at the Lab Quality Confab

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I'm giving a talk this morning at the "Lab Quality Confab," an event for hospital laboratory leaders. The title of my presentation is "Engaging...

The 20 Things a Supervisor Should Not Say

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Thanks to Charlie P. for sharing this gem from the now out of print book: 40 Years, 20 Million Ideas: The Toyota Suggestion System ...

It’s not the Map that Counts

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Congratulations. You've mapped out the future state. Now what? | TimeBack ManagementHere's a post, linked above, from a good friend of the Lean Blog,...

Continuous Improvement on a National Scale

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By Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author, The Hitchhiker's Guide to LeanWe all struggle with taking continuous improvement from a department or process level to an enterprise...

Lean and Green at the EPA

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By Jason Turgeon:This is a Lean-meets-EPA powerpoint. Download the original here. Click the little window emblem in the upper-right corner of the embedded image...

Tesco Understands Economics

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Sir Terry Leahy: The 'Robert Mugabe of retail' bites back - People, News - The Independent First off, that's a pretty nasty nickname, being called...

Jamie Flinchbaugh Video: Daily Improvement

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Everybody Everyday: Managing for Daily Improvement The link above is an online video presentation by Jamie Flinchbaugh, courtesy of IndustryWeek (click here to subscribe to...

Nice Quote

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Heard a great comment today:"Suggestions are things somebody else should do. Ideas are things that I can do."Maybe that is why Norman Bodek's books...

Toyota to Pay for Kaizen OT in Japan

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asahi.com article - ENGLISHInteresting article from Japan...Toyota's 40,000 factory workers in Japan are all engaged in kaizen, or continuous improvement, as a core part...

Airline Kaizen – Action, not Whining

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My Way News - Airlines slow down flights to save on fuelI'm just thrilled anytime I see an example of an airline making a...

Meeting Norman Bodek for the First Time; Healthcare and Mistakes

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Last week, I had the honor and pleasure of meeting Norman Bodek in person for the first time. After all of our podcasts and...

Lean Blog Podcast #40 – An Anonymous UAW Retiree Who is...

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Listen: Here is LeanBlog Podcast #40, an interview with a retired UAW/GM employee who wishes to remain anonymous, at this point. We have traded many...
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